Roberto Di Gesù
Principal Investigator, Musculoskeletal Tissue Engineering (MsTE) lab. · Ri.MED foundation
Biography
I am the principal investigator of the musculoskeletal tissue engineering lab. at Ri.MED Foundation, a biomedical and biotechnology center of excellence in Palermo, Italy. I have been a visiting research scientist at University of Pittsburgh and at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, two of the top research institutions in the US. I initially graduated from Pharmacy School, then continued to complete my PhD in Biotechnology at University of Palermo working on bone tissue engineering and on drug delivery for cancer and Alzheimer's. During my first postdoc, I developed polymeric drug delivery systems (DDS) to treat maculopathy. Then I worked for two years as a senior scientist at Merck in Rome, developing an anti-cancer monoclonal antibody currently commercialized in the US as Bavencio. Then, I joined the University of Bologna working on electrospun DDS for spinal cord injuries. In Ri.MED I am engineering 3D in vitro models to study and treat musculoskeletal disorders.
Education
PhD, PharmD
Recent Scopus Publications
- Tissue engineering for tendon and ligament repair: Insights and advances
- Engineered collagen-coated scaffolds for tendon regeneration: a multifunctional drug delivery approach
- Biofabrication of an in situ hypoxia-delivery scaffold for cartilage regeneration
- Engineered collagen-coated scaffolds for tendon repair: a novel drug delivery system
- Engineering a Human-Sized Common Bile Duct Prototype with Regenerative Potential: In Vitro Evaluation of Mechanics, Function, Degradation, and Immune Modulation
Links
- ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6196-643X
- Google Scholar https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=9dbrr6cAAAAJ
- Scopus https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=36738884200